IP Library Granted Patent US 8,519,044
Granted Patent B2
US 8,519,044 · App. 13/488,980 · Granted Aug 27, 2013

Glass fiber reinforced polypropylene

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Patent No.
US 8,519,044
App. No.
13/488,980
Granted
Aug 27, 2013
Kind
B2
Abstract

The present invention concerns a glass fiber reinforced polypropylene composition as well as articles formed from this composition, wherein the composition, comprises a) More than 15-wt % glass fibers, and b) a specific heterophasic polypropylene composition with an at least bimodal disperse phase.

Claims (12)

1. A composition comprising:

a) more than 15-wt % glass fibers, and

b) a heterophasic polypropylene composition comprising a matrix phase and a dispersed phase, the dispersed phase comprising at least two dispersed elastomeric components, wherein the heterophasic polypropylene composition has an overall comonomer content of 12-wt % or more, and wherein the at least two dispersed elastomeric components have a comonomer content of 20-wt % or more.

2. The composition of claim 1 , wherein the comonomer is ethylene.

3. The composition of claim 1 or 2 , wherein the dispersed phase of the heterophasic polypropylene consists of two phases.

4. The composition of claim 1 or 2 , wherein the composition comprises from 20 to 40-wt % of the glass fibers.

5. The composition of claim 1 or 2 , wherein the heterophasic polypropylene composition comprises an overall MFR 2 of from 9 to 15 g/10 min, and the matrix phase of the heterophasic polypropylene composition comprises an MFR 2 of from 30 to 70 g/10 min.

6. The composition of claim 1 or 2 , wherein the composition further comprises up to 20-wt % of an elastomeric ethylene copolymer with an alpha-olefin having from 6 to 12 carbon atoms.

7. The composition of claim 1 or 2 , wherein the composition comprises from 50 to 70-wt % of the heterophasic polypropylene composition.

8. The composition of claim 1 or 2 , wherein the composition further comprises an additive selected from antioxidants, stabilizers, coloring agents, UV stabilizers, nucleating agents, antistatic agents, slip/mold release agents, and coupling agents, wherein the additive is present in amounts of 2-wt % each or less.

9. A molded article comprising the composition of claim 1 or 2 .

10. A method for preparation of a molded article, the method comprising providing the composition of claim 1 or 2 and molding the composition to obtain the molded article.

Assignments (1)
CHANGE OF ADDRESS Recorded Feb 23, 2022
From: BOREALIS AG
To: BOREALIS AG
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